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Woody Herman And The Thundering Herd

Band, US
Jazz

American Jazz ensemble, successor of Woody Herman And The Swingin' Herd in September 1967. Woody Herman reassembled his orchestras from the 1940's to the 1950's to different 'herds', which were continuously active, but which were different line-ups put together by the band leader. In the sixties, however, the naming of the herds was not so strict anymore, which caused several discussions in music history about the existence of the herds starting from 1956. The first appearance of the expression 'Thundering Herd' was in 1961, when Columbia released a compilation of Woody's bands between 1945 and 1947 (First and Second herd stage). Later, in 1967, the Woody Herman herd underwent a renaming for the occasion of 1967 Monterey Jazz Festival in September. The recording of this performance was called 'The Thundering Herd' and was released on Verve records in 1968. It was, however, not a typical change of bands, but the renaming of the current Woody Herman Herd in this period. Starting from the early 1960's, the herds were hit by frequent exchange of musicians, mostly driven by financial backgrounds of the band members. The expression 'Thundering Herd' was active in its pure form until the mid of the 1970's, starting from 1976, this name was modified, but not abandoned.

Members

	Donny Hathaway voc, p, ep 1945-1979 US
	Ray Barretto cng 1929-2006 US
	Luis Gasca tr, fh, voc
	Alphonso Johnson b, eb *1951 US
	Charles Davis tr, sax US
	Woody Herman cl, as 1913-1987 US
	Gene Perla b *1940 US
	Arthur Harper b US
	Joe Romano as, fl, ts 1932-2008 US
	Jack Arnold perc *1929 US
	Alan Broadbent p *1947 NZ
	David Finck b, cb *1958 US
	Jeff Brillinger dr US
	Buddy Powers tr, fh
	Chip Jackson b *1950 US
	Dale Kirkland tb
	Nelson Hatt tr, fh US
	Andy Laverne p *1947 US
	Jim Pugh tb *1950 US
	Gary Pack tr, fh
	Bill Byrne tr, fh
	Gary Anderson fl, ts *1947 US
	Art Linsner tb US
	Dave Stahl tr, fh, voc US
	Frank Tiberi ts, fl *1928 US
	Ronnie Cuber bs *1941 US
	Earl Hines p 1903-1983 US
	Mike Bloomfield g 1943-1981 US
	Jeff Hamilton dr *1953 US
	Phil Upchurch g *1990 US
	Harold Danko p *1947 US
	Johnny Pacheco fl, perc *1935 DO
	Gary Grant tr US
	Mel Wanzo tb 1930-2005 US
	Joe Beck g 1945-2008 US
	Tom Malone tb US
	Al Porcino tr 1925-2013 DE
	Johnny Rae vib, perc, dr *1934 US
	John Hicks p 1941-2006 US
	Joe Lovano ts *1952 US
	Tom Harrell tr, fh *1946 US
	Marc Johnson b *1953 US
	Morris Jennings dr, perc US
	Bill Watrous tb *1939 US
	Carl Fontana tb 1928-2003 US
	Gary Smulyan bs *1956 US
	Kenneth Nash perc
	Richard Powell as, dr
	Larry Farrell tb
	Sal Marquez tr, voc
	Wayne Darling b, ep *1945 AT
	Cecil Payne bs 1922-2007 US
	Michael Moore b *1945 US
	Mick Goodrick g *1945 US
	Don Switzer tb
	John Thomas tr *1950 US
	Joe LaBarbera dr *1948 US
	Russell George b
	Sal Nistico ts 1938-1991 US
	Bill Chase tr 1934-1974 US
	Jay Anderson b *1955 US
	Albert Dailey p 1939-1984 US
	Pat Martino g *1944 US
	Harold Garrett tb, b
	Rigby Powell tr US
	Jay Sollenberger tr
	Birch Johnson tb US
	Harry Hall tr
	Bill Stapleton tr, fh
	Tom Anastas bs US
	Bob Burgess tb 1929-1997 US
	Rick Stepton tb
	Steve Lederer ts US
	Gary Keller ts, fl US
	Ron Davis dr, cng, tim BE
	Glenn Drewes tr, fh US
	Gregory Herbert fl, ts 1947-1978 US
	Ed Soph dr *1945 US
	Geoff Sharp tb US
	Harry Kleintank sax US
	Gil Rathel tr US
	Larry Pyatt tr US
	Gerald Chamberlain tb
	Oliver Jackson dr 1933-1994 US
	Nat Pavone tr, voc US
	Tony Klatka tr, fh US
	Richard Dollarhide perc
	Steve Kohlbacher tb US
	Brian O'Flaherty tr, fh
	Forrest Buchtel tr, fh US
	Vince Prudente tb, tu *1937 US
	Bruce Johnstone bs, fl *1943 US
	Bill Pemberton b US
	Ira Nepus tb
	Richard Cooper tr
	Henry Southall tb US
	Tom Boras bs, fl US
	Allen Vizzutti tr, fh *1952 US
	Alan Gauvin sax
	Paul McGinley ts, fl US
	Nelson Hinds tb US
	Jim Daniels tb
	Pat Coil p, key, ep US
	John Madrid tr
	Roger Neumann bs, sax, ts *1941 US
	John Oddo p, ep US
	John Von Ohlen dr *1941 US
	John Fedchock tb *1957 US
	Mike Brignola bs, bcl US
	Jan Konopásek bs, fl, ts *1931 DE
	Dave Ratajczak dr 1957-2014 US
	Carl Pruitt b *1918 US
	Pete Dalbis tb US
	Richard Murphy tr US
	Roger Newman sax US
	Vaughn Wiester tb US
	Jim Powell tr, fh US
	Dennis Dotson tr, fh *1946 US
	Tom Nygaard tr, voc US
	James Bossert tr US
	John Riley dr *1954 US
	John Oslawski bs, fl 1947-2000 DE
	Thomas Porrello tr, voc US
	Walter J. Blanton tr US
	Dave Kennedy tr
	Bill Ross fl, ts US
	Larry Shunk tb US
	Gene Smith tb US
	Scott Wagstaff tr, fh US
	Ron Paley eb, b *1950 CA
	Dave LaLama p US
	Mark Lewis tr, fh
	Steve Harrow tr
	Bruce Fowler tb *1947 US
	Neil Friel tr US
	Marshall Thompson dr
	Curt Berg tb
	Jim Thomas sax US
	Evan Diner dr
	Lotten Taylor tb US
	Alan Read b US
	Gene Smookler sax US
	Jack Ranelli dr US
	Tom Azzarello b US
	John Ingliss tr US
	Tim Burke tr, fh